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buchan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.2 14.4 60.3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences6828 40 0 0 0 0
Number of authors25 14 11

Occurrences of buchan in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Anna Buchan's Obituary on page 100

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ng the hinterlands o Moray an Buchan fer a week or twa, he cam bac on page 102

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
t leal lad o pairts an a braw Buchan loun. Forby, the'r a few pynt on page 5

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
iont 'Shetlandic, Glaswegian, Buchan'. As weel's sayin whither the on page 9

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tae the enn! I hae walit the Buchan Doric for the owersettin, sen on page 50

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
on, the mony talented Elspeth Buchan, titched by Goad and lunacy i on page 59
Elspeth Buchan spiks on page 62

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
trokit screeds wi him; Peter Buchan, James Maidment, and George R on page 69

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Oot the Noo. The fermtouns o Buchan are the hame grun o couthy Jo on page 77

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
acteivities o the likes o the Buchan Heritage Society an the Doric on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rks bi Robert Tannahill, John Buchan, R. L. Stevenson an Charles M on page 15

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
d bred and brocht up in a sma Buchan ferm in the 1950s. Aa that I
re tryin tae spik posh. Peter Buchan, the skipper o a fishin boat
Tae gar them spik like Buchan fowk,
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Eftir thon, cam John Buchan. He retoured ti mair sempil,
The Mearns an Buchan wes unner the tirrantie o the
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
l divide aither – Gamrie in Buchan an Largoward in Fife baith ma
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t cheil on the fairm – an a Buchan fairm at that! Nooadays, Scot
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
e warst effectit airts is the Buchan. The Broch. Peterheid. Buckie
reekily ower the horizon: the Buchan railway line. There ance wis
The fowk o the Buchan ar haein tae thole gey sair t
en test-case for rebiggin the Buchan railway line: the Borders Rai
The Buchan needs this railway like it ne
6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
mairriage wis gien bi Georgia Buchan:-
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
cal Scots speech form such as Buchan, Glasgow or Shetland dialects
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Winner of the Buchan Heritage Festival 2003 Senior on page 33
st, prood an spiks in a braid Buchan tung. lv a hiatrist hid te la on page 65
'Winner of the Buchan Heritage Festival 2004 Sentor on page 69
r paisty fite skin. "Folk fae Buchan ir nae meent te bi broon - i on page 81
ye the bonniest quine in aa o Buchan. Ye dinna need aa at dirt te on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Winner of the Buchan Heritage Festival 2008 Senior on page 19
n me, Jimmy. Growin up in the Buchan countryside, wi'd aa the free on page 20
'd bike oot te the Bullers o' Buchan. Ye'd a book o seaburds an ye on page 21
Winner of the Buchan Heritage Festival 2011 Senior on page 34
Winner of the Buchan Heritage Festival 2009 Senior on page 89

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah see the bleak beauty o the Buchan fairmlan rollin oot aroon ma; on page 48

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An Banff an' Buchan quines mak me drap deid on page 153

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the quine? She mairriet Jeems Buchan fae Banks o Lyne. An Gavin's on page 18

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Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
An John Buchan's Northern Muse" - on page 138

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Leaf frae a stinch Buchan tree on page 13

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
piert. Baith times wes on the Buchan coast, an the GROS team wes s
earn the wee quine her native Buchan dialect. Fan A spiert gin thi
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Day twelve in Grunny Buchan’s hoose.
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘Hi, is that Mr Buchan?’
at’s been causing issues Mr Buchan, but we’re happy to provide
‘Pardon, Mr Buchan? Was that affirmative?’
will be of much use to us Mr Buchan. Our E.T.A. is three-forty-th
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lating the wee cottage on the Buchan coast and early retirement.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
lin rale hard dane till. Miss Buchan, his teacher, hid
On an on gaed Miss Buchan, there wis nae stoppin the cr
it. Jist afore the bell, Miss Buchan cried Jeemsie ower tae
how. Aathing gaed quate. Miss Buchan read the Bible story an the b
hae been in Bethlehem. Miss Buchan telt foo Mary an Joseph cud f
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Buchan Claik bi Buchan an Toulmin- hoards o wirds ba
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fair-tricket tae be in Buchan Observer see http://t.co/Pjsn(2014) search twitter
try whilk is fae collection o Buchan loon Auld Wullie's funny poem(2014) search twitter
tic micht o the @buchanienews Buchan Observer mentioned on the @Th(2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
tae spik pan loaf if yer fae Buchan onywye.??(2020) search twitter
gie @air_ingy Yon gadgies fae Buchan spik funny ony eye.????(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
in yer lang draars! Baith in Buchan Claik. (2020) twitter link

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